A High-Throughput Deployable Antenna based on Not-Aligned Reflectarray Panels
Abstract
This contribution describes a deployable large multi-faceted reflectarray to be embarked in different aerospace vehicles. The structure comprises several low-profile panels that are assembled to follow an equivalent parabolic reflector. An example of this antenna concept is designed to operate in Ka-band and dual-linear polarization. It provides high-gain, low-losses, and a bandwidth significantly higher than the one achieved with a conventional deployable reflectarray. Therefore, the proposed antenna exhibits high-throughput performance with integrability with the vehicle platform. Such features are of particular interest for space missions and some terrestrial communications.
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2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting 14-19 July 2024, Florence, Italy
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